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Thursday, August 4, 2011

Thankful Thursday - How Did Your Ancestors Survive?

One of the most important things to have this summer with the extreme heat is air condition so that is what I'm thankful for today. Do you ever wonder how our ancestors survived the heat? I remember my dad said they would work in the morning and then go swim in the creek across the field from their house.
Mom said that her brothers put their bed on the screened in porch during the summer. We didn't have AC in our house when I was growing up, until I was a teen. I can remember some very HOT nights and the windows open.

A funny story about AC. My great grandmother Ziegler lived to be 98 years old she didn't understand all the modern things (Wow! would she be shocked now!). She came to my grandparents house in the summer and they had the AC on and Grandma was next to it. She was getting cold and said if Will Ziegler (her husband) was here he would stop up all the holes in the house so it wouldn't be so COLD!

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Welcome to Genealogy Fun! On the side bar you will find the Surnames I’m researching. Most of the families I’m researching were from TENNESSEE, ALABAMA, and GEORGIA and a few Texas, Florida, Oregon, and Virginia. I can’t remember an exact time when I became interested in family history; it just always seemed to be there. Listening to family stories told by parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles was always fun for me. My wish is that I could remember them all now. Genealogy isn’t boring in fact it is very exciting and my hope is to show others how exciting with my blog. Finding out where your ancestors lived, things they did and when possible what they looked like is a truly exciting hobby. I want to record stories, information and pictures that I’ve been able to collect. Connecting with other people researching the same families would be great. I feel that I’m such a beginner but I’m willing to share any information I have.

SURNAMES - Harriet's

Burk

Edgemon

Farrell

Gibboney

Kelley

Long

Newby

Wilson

Ziegler

SURNAMES - Paul's

Brumley

Cook or Cooke

Everett

Girton

Green

Howard

Kibble

Lindsey

Ransom

States

Most of my ancestors which I'm researching lived in Tennessee,Georgia,and Alabama.